"Removing adhesive from back of Vinyl Tile?" Topic

I got a bunch of vinyl tile that has self-stick adhesive on the back. I want to remove the glue/adhesive as I plan on using the 1x1 tiles as sidewalk/basing for my urban terrain board.

Any suggestions on what could remove the adhesive? Rubbing alcohol or something like that maybe? I'd rather not stick to hardboard or another material and go through the trouble of trimming it.

Yech. Good luck! Non-stick tile is cheap. I'd trash your tiles and buy them instead. Time (and mess) is money!

Goo Gone works, but it's a tedious process.

As CPBelt says, if you can find non-stick tiles that look like you want, that option might be worth your time and money.

Would have picked up non-stick but didn't see any at Lowe's. I'm having no luck searching online either.

Use an electric belt sander……( what I had to do in the end ). Turn it upside down ( the belt sander ) and physically grind it off. Might seem a bit extreme but it's the quickest and it works. Make sure you clamp the sander onto a bench so you have good control overall, and using both hands slowly bring the tile down onto the belt………and not too fast or you'll heat up the glue and spread it back on.
Yeah it's a pain…….but good luck with it.

I have used sticky tiles and have found that a good coat of paint on the sticky side can cure the stickiness. If that doesn't work give it another coat. May not work for whole tiles but for small bits it worked for me.

Here the water parts of the dungeon tiles were sticky as I literally used the tile glue to anchor the walkway parts to it. I painted the water with acrylic paint and this covered the glue. Hope this helps.

Stick paper to the sticky side. Sticky ness gone!

Print onto paper s seperate looking style of pavement, stick on back and wahayyy double sided tiles.

Stick two tiles back to back?

Heat gun and a scraper.

Auto body shops sell adhesive remover ( 3m) or dupont 3812 Acrlic enamel reducer . I though would stick someting to the sticky side or stick two tiles together

I think I'll just try painting one and see if that does the job.

Sticking two together is a good idea though, would also make them thicker and more curb-like for the Urban board.

I started using them for figure bases, and I just peel and stick two tiles together, then cut to sizes needed for bases (gives a uniform edge). It will take paint, even on the finished side, as well. Another idea, is to apply a sheet of the craft foam, of the desired color, to the tile's glue. Cheers!

Sawdust would probably work, as well. When I actually used peel and stick tiles on a basement floor, the tiniest bits of dust on the floor would prevent them from sticking…

I just stick them to newspaper and trim. Works just fine.

A quick smear of PVA gives a smooth hard coat

See I bought 6" tiles with adhesive with the plan of using the adhesive to stick down a base layer of styrene sheet.